Balancing attachment for guns



G. 0. FISHER, DECD. B. M. FISHER, ADMINISIRATRIX. BALANCING ATTACHMENT FOR GUNS.

I APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3, I920. 1,437,797.

Patented Dec. 5, 1922.

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GEORGE O. FISHER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.;

BESSIE M. FISHER ADMINISTRATRIX OF SAID GEORGE 0. FISHER, DECEASED.

BALANCING ATTACHMENT FOR GUNS.

Application filed March 3,

To aZZwhom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE O. FISHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Balancing Attachments for Guns, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates particularly to guns of the type such as are used for trapshooting purposes and where quick handling is essential.

The objects of the invention are to provide simple and efiective means for balancing the gun and which will be readily adjustable to suit the requirements of different individuals.

Briefly, the invention involves the provision of a Weighting element and means for enabling the variable adjustment of the same on the barrel portion of the gun.

Various other novel features of the invention will appear as the specification proceeds.

Inthe accompanying, drawing I have illustrated the invention embodied in several of its different forms but wish it understood that further modifications may be made without departure from the true spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

In the drawing referred to, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a shotgun having the invention incorporated therein.

Figure 2 is an enlarged view illustrating particularly the adjustable weighting element.

Figure 3 is a broken cross sectional view of the same taken on substantially the plane of line 33 of Figure 2.

Figures 4 and 5 are views similar to Figures 2 and 3 illustrating one of the modified forms of the invention.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the twopart weight element employed in this form of the invention.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of a onepiece weight element and Figure 8 is a broken detail view illustrating the manner of its application to the gun barrel.

In Figure 1 I have illustrated a gun which practically is of standard construction, except for the fact that certain of the studs or lugs 10 which support the sighting rib '11 in spaced relation above the barrel 1920. Serial No. 363,005.

12 are perforated, as shown more c'earlyat 18 in Figures 2 and 3, to receive arodl l which, in this case, constitutes the adjustable balancing element.

- The balancing rod 14 may be made of any suitable material and it is indicated as longitudinally adjustable in the guide openings provided therefor and as held fixed in any desired adjustment by means of the set screw or set screws 15 mounted in the supportinglugs. This rod may be made relatively short so as not to add much weight to the gun, the position or placement .of the rod being relied upon more particularly to give the desired balancing effect. For instance, I have indicated in Figure 2 how the balancing element may be supported adjacent the muzzle end of the gun instead of in the intermediate position indicated in Figure 1. Also, if desired, it might be supported closer to the breech end of the gun, all depending on the requirements of different individuals. The adjustment is easily effected by simply loosening the set screws and then sliding the rod through the passages in the supporting lugs until the required balancing effect is obtained, whereupon the set screws in the lugs where the rod is then engaged, may be turned to secure it in such relation. 7

A different method of securing practically the same balancing adjustment is illustrated in Figures a, 5 and 6 wherein I have shown the weighting element as made up in a plurality of sections 16 each consisting as indicated in Figures 5 and'6, of

two parts, 16 and 16 separable onla longitudinal plane and detachably held together by set screws 17. These sections are hollowed or socketed at their ends, as indicated at 18, to receive and to fit over the rib supporting posts or studs -10. These weights, as shown, are of a size to fit in the space between the sighting rib and the gun barrel and the sockets in the ends of the weights are shaped to closely fit the studs so that they will not rattle or shake. These weights are applied by placing the two halves ofthe weights at opposite sides of the rib and between selected posts and then inserting and tightening, the screws 17 to clamp the weights in such position. The adjustment of this style of weight is accomplished by removing the securing screws 17 and then shifting the weight to a different position on the gun barrel. With this construction it is possible to distribute the weight at different points longitudinally of the gun barrel, one.or more of the weight elements, for instance, being located near the breech end of the barrel and one or more of the weights being disposed toward the muzzle end of the barrel. This adjustment is, in fact, also possible in the form of the invention first disclosed in that the rod 1% may be made in sections, such construction permitting of the distribution of these sections at different points longitudinally of the barrel.

The form of the invention disclosed in Figures? and 8 is quite similar to that last described in that it consists of weight elements 19 socketed at their opposite ends at 20 to fit partly around the adjacent supporting posts. In this case, however, the weights are each made in a single piece and the en gagement with the supporting posts is effected as indicated in Figure 8, by first removing the sighting rib and then dropping the weights into position between the selected pairs of supporting posts 10. These weights may. of course, be adjusted to different positions longitudinally of the gun barrel, it being necessary for such purpose to lift off the sighting rib and to then secure it in position over the weight in its newly adjusted relation.

My invention, it will be clear, makes it possible to readily secure any desired balance of the gun and this without in any way marring or disfiguring the gun, the balancing element or elements standing out of the way and protected beneath the sighting rib.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with a gun provided with a sighting rib supported in spaced re lation to the barrel of the gun, and means disposed in the space between the barrel and the sighting rib and adjustable therein for the purpose of varying the balance of the gun.

2. The combination with a gun provided with a sighting rib supported in spaced relation to the barrel of the gun, and a weighted element disposed in the space between the barrel and the sighting rib and adjustable therein for the purpose of varying the balance of the gun.

3. The combination with a gun provided with a sighting rib and with studs supporting said rib in spaced relation above the barrel, of a weight element disposed between said studs in the space between the barrel and the sighting rib and adjustable for the purpose of varying the balance of the gun.

4. The combination with a gun provided with a sighting rib and with studs supporting said rib in spaced relation above the bar rel of the gun, of a rod disposed in the space between the barrel and sighting rib and adjustable longitudinally of the barrel for the purpose of varying the balance of the gun, certain of the studs having openings for the reception of said balancing rod and means for securing the rod in desired relation in said supporting studs.

5. The combination with a gun provided with a sighting rib and with supporting studs therefor, of an adjustable balancing element secured to said studs.

6. The combination with a gun provided with a sighting rib and with supporting studs therefor, of a balancing element detachably secured between adjacent studs.

7. The combination with a gun provided with perforated guiding means on the barrel thereof, of a balancing element supported in the perforations in said guiding means and longitudinally adjustable therein.

8. The combination with a gun provided with perforated guiding means on the barrel thereof, of a balancing element supported in the perforations in said guiding means and longitudinally adjustable therein and means for securing said balancing element fixed at different longitudinal adjustments.

9. The combination with a gun provided with lugs on the barrel thereof, and adjustable balancing means supported by said lugs. I

10. The combination with a gun provided with a sighting rib and with lugs supporting said rib in spaced relation above the barrel of the gun, of a supporting rod disposed in the space between the. rib and gun barrel and supported at its ends by the lugs aforesaid, said rod being shiftable longitudinally of the barrel to vary the balance of the gun.

11. The combin'ationwith a gun provided with a sighting rib and with perforated lugs supporting said rib in spaced relation on the gun barrel, of a balancing rod slidably adjustable longitudinally in the perforations of said lugs and a set screw for securing said rod in different desired longitudinal adjust-- merits.

12. 'The combination with a gun provided with a sighting rib and with spaced lugs supporting said rib on the barrel of the gun, of a weight element soclreted at its opposite ends to receive parts of adjacent supporting lugs and to be detachably held thereby in different longitudinal adjustments beneath the sighting rib.

18. The combination with a gun provided with a sighting rib' and with spaced lugs supporting the same on the barrel of the gun, of a weight element adapted to fit beneath the sighting rib and socketed at its opposite ends to receive portions of adjacent supportim lugs, said weight element consisting of longitudinally separable sections removable at opposite sides of the rib and means for detachably securing the sections together.

14;. The combination with a gun provided with a sighting rib and with supporting lugs and adjustable longitudinally of the posts therefor, of balancing means comprisgun for varying the balance thereof. ing a plurality of weight elements engage- 16. The combination with a gun provided able with said supporting posts at different with a plurality of outstanding lugs on the 5 points longitudinally of the gun barrel and barrel thereof, and means positioned between 15 means for securing said weight elements in and having opposed end engagement with desired adjusted relations. said lugs for varying the balance of the gun. 15. The combination with a gun provided In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. with a plurality of outstanding lugs on the y 10. barrel thereof, and'means supported by said GEORGE O. FISHER. 

